Vison of Life...It speaks about my views towards what's happening around us, though many of the things represents Pune, a becoming Metro in Maharashtra,India yet most of us live in similar city life. In city day to day life all we face is problems around us; from traffic to water to slums to power supply & many more, but who has solutions? That's why the name
Vison of Life!
Sanjay Deshpande

Saturday, November 3, 2018

Diwali, the Brightness Within!

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“Happiness
is not something readymade. It comes from your own actions”… Dalai Lama.

Come Diwali & news papers, TV channels, radios, are
full of advertising, as one of my most favorite thing is to study the advertise
campaigns of major brands like Amazon, Reliance, Apple, Big Bazaar & many
such! Indeed right from last many decades Diwali is something which is
celebrated across the country in all segments cutting through castes, religion
& gender! In a country which is home for 1200 millions, all comes together
to celebrate only on two occasions, one is Indian cricket team’s victory &
Diwali! Now you can understand the importance of Diwali times & then what
better way to gain happiness than to shop, for ourselves as well for family
& friends! It’s this changed concept of happiness is the new face of India
as we when we are not working or studying then we are shopping, we go to mall,
we shop online, even when we go to holiday’s we shop the local things & we
eat. Indeed the malls has become our best relaxation & on line shopping our
key to relaxation even without coming out of our sofa cum bed! I often miss my
Diwali which was the only time when we get to buy new clothes & anything
big (i.e. household utensils) like Freeze, TV or Sofa set, Diwali was the time
to buy it & get it to home in grand way i.e. making it in such a way that
all the galli/mohalla can see the purchase! Though now a day’s people shop all
the yearlong yet Diwali is still special for many families giving you one more
opportunity to become happy by shopping & Marketing Gurus’ knows this
mentality of we the Indians best! And then one more added thing is Diwali
Bonus, though in recent times many industries (read real estate) are not at
their best so the Bonus factor magic has got faded a bit! I always wonder what
in modern times Diwali type festival has got any special meaning than shop
& eat & have holidays because no one seems to do nothing than these
activities, yes there is now new trend of Diwali Pahat (mornings) where
cultural programs like music concerts are arranged with fancy ticket rates
& people attend in best of their attires & then social media like FB
& Insta, are full with Diwali Pahat Selfies, that’s all!

On the background I write something to my Team & because I
take Diwali as a time to think about the life especially about our concept of
celebration itself...

Dear
Team,

Once
again Diwali is here & unlike last few Diwali’s this Diwali has come
with silver lining is surely I will share. Well, most of the time whenever
& whatever for a Boss writes to the team it’s only about how bad things are
around & business is not good & how you all should improve your work
etc etc. Indeed you all are working with Sanjeevani for many years, few of you
are along since start & if I still need to tell you what is happening in
& around of our company then I am the biggest fool (well, I am sometimes)! And
then this is not increment letter that I describe real estate or our
performance this is Diwali letter & I will like to share the meaning of it.
Again many of you will say what’s new in
it, every year Diwali comes & you write to us; again agreed but each time
Diwali is different rather every day is different & I try by myself to
define or say understand Diwali with new vision every year.

As I
will like to know how you will be celebrating Diwali, obvious it will be with
family & friends but what is your definition of celebration? Shop, eat,
travel, get together with family are few answers but then that can be done all
year long, isn’t it? Diwali is festival
of lights & do mind the darkest of darkness is not around us but its right
inside us! Today you may not understand my words but do think about, can we
light a dark room from outside, no, as if you want to brighten a room then the
light must be right in the room. Same way to brighten your surrounding first
you have to enlighten yourself & this means nothing great but happy & positive
thoughts is what I meant!

Right
now the problem is not with GST, RERA, Changing policies, petrol rates or race
of income vs. expenses but we surrendering to the negativity & allowing
darkness to enter our mind is the real problem. As once we allow darkness in
the form of negative thoughts to enter in our mind then it’s the worst epidemic
decease you can have as it spreads very fast darkening the minds of people in
our surrounding. And for that all we have to do is keep ourselves engaged in
something which will create positivity within us which leads to brightness
only. This can be achieved by trying something for our own self may it be
reading a book or watching good movie, singing alone, go for long walk & go
for trekking as being in nature is the best way to get rejuvenated rather
anything which you will be doing because you want to spend some time with you
only. Remember most of the today’s problems we are facing because we try to
please others while we ourselves remains unhappy & do mind trying to make
our own self happy doesn’t at all means to make others unhappy or not to care
for their feelings! It simply means understanding meaning of happiness as after
all whatever we do at the end of the day if you are feeling dark (read unhappy)
then something is wrong just like the bulb in the room might has got old &
dead, is the reason of darkness in the room & what we do at such time,
change the bulb, simple! Same
way Diwali is the time to change the light within & start afresh as I personally
believe (thanks to all my favorite movies of Marvel, Disney) the only fight
which is on forever is fight of darkness vs. brightness & this is real
world where the Super Hero representing brightness is within you only!

One
more thing, if (you will I am sure) win the fight with darkness by making your
mind bright then don’t keep that brightness locked in you, open up windows of
your mind & let that brightness reach out to others who are not as
fortunate as you because a Super Hero is the one who uses his strength to make
others life better & what better strength you can have than the brightness
of your positive thoughts! So share whatever good you have seen or learnt with
every person around you & may be he or she will find their Super Hero
within! Do mind, however unfortunate you might be considering yourself yet
there always is someone more unfortunate than you, all you need is look for
such person & once you found him, ask yourself what you can do for him
& then don’t stop at thought but do it! And one more thing,
please do not buy fire crackers in first place leave apart burning them as well
spread this message because we have already enough of pollution around, even
our thoughts are polluted by the smoke & smog from things like caste,
religion disputes which are in a way forms of darkness only! So why we need
more pollution generated by the firecrackers is what I will ask you all! Instead try something this Diwali for the
nature, even plant a tree around your building as well grow a small flowering
shrub in the balcony of your flat & see how it helps in making life of even
one butterfly brighter, do it & then you will start loving your own-self a
bit more & brighter! Friends, what more I can wish you than being able to
brighten not just yours but others lives too as that’s the true Diwali is what
I believe! Happy Diwali to you &
your family!